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Great Dane Airlines
No, this isn’t a joke. New Danish start-up Great Dane Airlines plans to fly some oddly familiar routes with 2 EMB-195’s. Scheduled Flights AAL-EDI AAL-DUB AAL-NCE Charter Flights AAL-PMI AAL-RHO AAL-CHQ BLL-PMI BLL-RHO BLL-CHQ BLL-VAR CPH-PMI CPH-RHO CPH-CHQ CPH-VAR Those charter flights look very similar to those of Primera Air do they not? Is this perhaps the travel groups second attempt? check it out. Greatdaneairlines.dk |
According to this link, they’re operating for Bravo Tours (one of the Primera Travel Group companies) So it could well be Primera mk.2 https://www.check-in.dk/danmark-har-...yt-flyselskab/ |
Sounds like a big dog's breakfast.
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They could be the dogs :mad:
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All scheduled flights on 21 and 24 June seem to be sold out - but seats available at low-ish fares from 25 June. Perhaps a last minute hitch with getting hold of an aircraft and it being delayed by a few days ?
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The first aircraft at least has already been painted.
https://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewphoto.main?LC=&picid=10415 |
Stobart Air E195 on lease to Great Dane.
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Looks smart, but it needs a picture of a Great Dane on the tailfin.
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"Great Dane Airlines secures AOC 18 hours before first flight " Mmm, doesn't inspire confidence? |
Not abnormal. To secure AOC last thing you do is a simulated revenue flight normally with staff as pax. Quite common for this to be at the last minute particularly when you’re a start up and don’t want to pay aircraft leases for longer than necessary. |
The leased aircraft, E195 EI-GGC, hasn't flown for at least 7 days according to FR24 so no recent proving flights by the look of it, although FR24 isn't infallible of course.
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That's because it's been reregistered as OY-GDA :)
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Ah, they would explain it! Good luck to them anyway.
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Now that the absolute peak months of summer demand are over, does anyone know how Great Dane have been doing ?
I note that they are not offering scheduled flights on their website from Aalborg to Dublin or Nice beyond mid September or from Aalborg to Edinburgh beyond early October - it sounds like the airline is aware that leisure demand on these routes outside summer would likely be weak. |
ooft! that doesn't sound promising at such an early stage. So perhaps they'll stick to charter-esque leisure |
Maybe they might need some help from Sandy Toksvig!!!
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I've no idea but it could be that they leased their aircraft short term and don't plan any winter activity.
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The have some limited winter activity. So not lease related. |
From what I gather, they are in the market for specialist tour operators also outside Denmark. For example, they operated a weekly service for four weeks from CGN to GRX this August/September.
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What are the odds of these peak summer seasonal schedules returning next year? |
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